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Koteas in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Date of Birth: March 11, 1961
Ethnicity: Greek
Elias Koteas is a Canadian actor of film and television. His roles include the films Some Kind of Wonderful , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (1990), The Adjuster , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III , Exotica , The Prophecy (1995), Crash (1996), Fallen (1998), Living Out Loud , The Thin Red Line , Collateral Damage , Harrison’s Flowers , Ararat , Zodiac , Shooter , Skinwalkers , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , and Shutter Island , and Alvin “Al” Olinsky on the shows Chicago Fire , Chicago P.D. , Chicago Med , and Chicago Justice .
His parents are both of Greek descent, from the Mani Peninsula. He is a fluent Greek speaker.